Training Program Pumps New Blood Into R.I. Fishing Industry
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Providence Journal] by Kate Bramson - October 3, 2017
In the commercial fishing industry, a newly created coalition of employers and fisheries experts has teamed up to train the next generation of workers at a time when licensed commercial fishing vessels are struggling to find new employees.
The Commercial Fisheries Apprenticeship Program won $150,000 to train 15 fishing-industry apprentices, state Department of Labor and Training Director Scott Jensen said Monday. It’s among 10 job-training programs to receive a total of $2.6 million in state and federal grant money to train 715 people in the state’s second round of ...
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